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Independent Analysis Finds Revised Taylorville Energy Center Plan Projected to Save Illinois Ratepayers $437.7 Million

SPRINGFIELD, Ill., May 16, 2012 -- BUSINESS WIRE - Under the revised "Power Block First" proposal for the Taylorville Energy Center (TEC), Illinois electricity customers could save an estimated $437.7 million over a 20-year period, including more than $250.6 million in the plant's first five years of operation, according to a rate impact analysis conducted by Pace Global LLC, a Siemens business. More...

100 turn out to speak on coal plant permit

May 15 - McClatchy-Tribune Regional News - John Burgeson Connecticut Post, Bridgeport - About 100 people packed a meeting room in the City Hall Annex for a public hearing on whether the Bridgeport Harbor Power Station, the last coal-burning power plant in Connecticut, should have its operating permit renewed. More...

Company would convert solid waste into energy

May 15 - McClatchy-Tribune Regional News - George Hohmann Charleston Daily Mail, W.Va. - A New York company wants to turn West Virginia communities' solid waste into electricity. More...

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Indiana Gasification Plant Steps Closer Toward EPA Approval Says IG Partner During Courier Press Interview

May 15 - PRNewswire-USNewswire - Indiana Gasification is one step closer toward the development of a $2.9 billion substitute natural gas plant as its emissions permit has been sent to the EPA for final approval, the Evansville Courier & Press recently reported. More...

NRG urged to continue payments

May 15 - McClatchy-Tribune Regional News - David Robinson The Buffalo News, N.Y. - Sen. Charles E. Schumer is pushing NRG Energy to continue making $16.6 million in payments over the next two years to Dunkirk and other Chautauqua County governments, even if it moves ahead with its plan to mothball its coalfired power plant in Dunkirk. More...

Argan, Inc.'s Wholly Owned Subsidiary Gemma Power Systems Receives Full Notice to Proceed for a Biomass-Fired Power Project

ROCKVILLE, Md., May 14, 2012 -- BUSINESS WIRE - Argan, Inc. (NYSE MKT: AGX) announced that its wholly owned subsidiary, Gemma Power Systems (GPS), has received full notice to proceed from East Texas Electric Cooperative (ETEC) for a contract to design and build a 49.9 MW, biomass-fired power plant near Woodville, Texas. More...

B&W executives see bright prospects in coal power plants despite natural gas competition

May 11 - Akron Beacon Journal (Akron, Ohio) - Prolonged low natural gas prices in the United States likely will hurt some of Babcock & Wilcox's coal power plant-related business, the company's top executives said Thursday. More...

Dept. of Commerce: Minnesota Power should close old coal plants

May 11 - McClatchy-Tribune Regional News - John Myers Duluth News Tribune, Minn. - The Minnesota Department of Commerce has come to the same conclusion as environmental groups, although for different reasons, that some of Minnesota Power's oldest coal-fired power plants should shut down sooner rather than later. More...

Waste Board puts ball back in GGI's court

May 11 - Creston News Advertiser - Prairie Solid Waste Board decided during a special meeting Wednesday they will not even look at GGI Energy's 20-year feedstock waste agreement until the company comes to Creston and completes a feasibility study. More...

Indiana Gasification Applauds Obama Campaign's Decision to Recognize Clean Coal As Vital to Domestic Energy Efforts, Critical to Energy Security

ROCKPORT, Ind., May 11, 2012 /PRNewswire - Indiana Gasification today welcomed the decision by the Obama campaign to include clean coal as part of the president's all-of-the above energy plan aimed at reducing America's dependence on foreign oil. More...

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